,,ii #aadth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #abib ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #ab1 #bjae ,mr4 ,vitter 7for himself and ,mr4 ,king7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,small ,business and ,entrepreneurship ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,small ,business ,act to treat certain qualified disaster areas as ,h,u,b,zones and to extend the period for ,h,u,b,zone treatment for certain base closure areas1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,h,u,b,zone ,revitalization ,act of #bjae4 #b4 ,h,u,b,zone qualified disaster areas 7a7 ,in general ,the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fca et seq47 is amended-- 7#a7 in section #c7p7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking or2 7ii7 in subparagraph 7,e71 by striking the period at the end and inserting 2 or2 and 7iii7 by adding at the end the following3 7,f7 qualified disaster areas4 2 and 7,b7 in paragraph 7#d71 by adding at the end the following3 7,e7 ,qualified disaster area 7i7 ,in general ,the term qualified disaster area means any census tract or nonmetropolitan county located in an area for which the ,president has declared a major disaster under section #dja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 or located in an area in which a catastrophic incident has occurred1 if-- 7,i7 in the case of a census tract1 the census tract ceased to be a qualified census tract during the period beginning #e years before and ending #b years after the date on which-- 7aa7 the ,president declared the major disaster2 or 7bb7 the catastrophic incident occurred2 or 7,,ii7 in the case of a nonmetropolitan county1 the nonmetropolitan county ceased to be a qualified nonmetropolitan county during the period beginning #e years before and ending #b years after the date on which-- 7aa7 the ,president declared the major disaster2 or 7bb7 the catastrophic incident occurred4 7ii7 ,treatment ,a qualified disaster area shall only be treated as a ,h,u,b,zone-- 7,i7 in the case of a major disaster declared by the ,president1 during the #e-year period beginning on the date on which the ,president declared the major disaster for the area in which the census tract or nonmetropolitan county1 as applicable1 is located2 and 7,,ii7 in the case of a catastrophic incident1 during the #aj-year period beginning on the date on which the catastrophic incident occurred in the area in which the census tract or nonmetropolitan county1 as applicable1 is located4 2 and 7#b7 in section #ca7;c77#c7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #feg;a7c77#c771 by inserting the ,administrator of the ,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency1 after the ,secretary of ,labor14 7b7 ,applicability ,the amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall apply to a major disaster declared by the ,president under section #dja of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 or a catastrophic incident that occurs on or after the date of enactment of this ,act4 #c4 ,base closure ,h,u,b,zones 7a7 ,in general ,section #c7p77#e77;,a77i77,i7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#e77;,a77i77,i77 is amended-- 7#a7 in item 7aa71 by striking or at the end2 7#b7 by redesignating item 7bb7 as item 7cc72 and 7#c7 by inserting after item 7aa7 the following3 7bb7 pursuant to subparagraph 7,a71 7,b71 7,c71 7,d71 or 7,e7 of paragraph 7#c71 that its principal office is located in a ,h,u,b,zone described in paragraph 7#a77;,e7 7relating to base closure areas7 7in this item referred to as the base closure ,h,u,b,zone71 and that not fewer than #ce percent of its employees reside in-- 7,,aa7 a ,h,u,b,zone2 7,,bb7 the census tract in which the base closure ,h,u,b,zone is wholly contained2 7,,cc7 a census tract the boundaries of which intersect the boundaries of the base closure ,h,u,b,zone2 or 7,,dd7 a census tract the boundaries of which are contiguous to a census tract described in subitem 7,,bb7 or 7,,cc72 or 4 7b7 ,period for base closure areas 7#a7 ,amendments 7,a7 ,in general ,section #aeb7;a77#b7 of title ,i of division ,k of the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 #bjje 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note7 is amended by striking #e years and inserting #h years4 7,b7 ,conforming amendment ,section #afih7;b77#b7 of ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note7 is amended by striking #e years and inserting #h years4 7#b7 ,effective date2 applicability ,the amendments made by paragraph 7#a7 shall-- 7,a7 take effect on the date of enactment of this ,act2 and 7,b7 apply to-- 7i7 a base closure area 7as defined in section #c7p77#d77;,d7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#d77;,d777 that1 on the day before the date of enactment of this ,act1 is treated as a ,h,u,b,zone described in section #c7p77#a77;,e7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#a77;,e77 under-- 7,i7 section #aeb7;a77#b7 of title ,i of division ,k of the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 #bjje 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note72 or 7,,ii7 section #afih7;b77#b7 of ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjac 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb note72 and 7ii7 a base closure area relating to the closure of a military instillation under the authority described in clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of section #c7p77#d77;,d7 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb7p77#d77;,d77 that occurs on or after the date of enactment of this ,act4